Golden Dawn

Golden Dawn is a fascist and neo-Nazi political party in Greece that was founded in 1980. The party was founded in 1980 by Nikolaos Michaloliakos, and the party supported the Greek military junta and worked towards a return to right-wing military dictatorship in Greece. The party also expressed admiration for the Greek dictator Ioannis Metaxas, and the party supported racism and xenophobia. Many political parties and groups lobbied for the Greek government to dissolve the party, which openly declared itself to be racist and nationalistic. In 2017, the party held 17/300 Hellenic Parliament seats, 3/21 European Parliament seats, and 26/725 regional seats.